students on the campus of brandeis are lashing out. here are some of the students very disappointed in the university's decision. >> care is an organization that doesn't seem to enjoy hearing competing philosophies and perspectives. and academia, is meant to serve as the hub of end lyingment. to go ahead and reskinned its invitation to ali. we have students respect the first amendments. >> you why do you think other universities haven't seized on the opportunity to invite her or honor her? i would. >> i think that's a very good point. the thing i want to know is outraged as this student and should be, the idea i'm still baffled what brandeis did. a school with long history of studies in judism. if anyone has been oppressed by jews and radical islamists. she said the model of brandeis is truth even on to its inner most parts, if that's your motto, what she's doing is telling the truth, and explain yourselves. just explain yourselves. be clear, and you are ducking and you are looking ridiculous and you are looking like kourds. >> this co

brandeis is a coward here. will be willing to bet you brandeis, have received arab monies in support of of their universities. >> so care, these unindicted 9/11 co-couldn't spiriters. they don't care. they were concerned and they got the university of michigan to do a screening of that movie and they got them to stop based on what they aligned they are accusing ms. ali of doing. also one of the producers of that film were jewish, they were concerned that a jew couldn't have an opinion on the muslim faith. now they are going after ms. ali. there snin anyone less tolerant than muslims in the world? anyone? >> greg, go ahead. >> so wait, they go after honorary degrees but not honor killings, that seems a bit weird about their priorities. this woman was mutilated, her friends have killed. the director was killed in the street. they left a note on his chest to say you are next. she's been a target. if anybody is going to be critical of islam, it is this woman. where are the feminists? do they expect her to lie down

i'm disappointed in brandeis. it's a jewish university, they should be in favor of anyone speaking up and telling their story. it's incredibly disappointing. if i was a donor of brandeis as well, i would pull donations. >> cair is all for encouraging censorship of films that are critical of their point of view. that's part of their culture. their culture is you can't censor. there should not be fre expression. that's not our culture. when people are insulted or parodied for saying they're scared there's an infiltration of certain radical islam into our society thshgs is an example. where did they get that idea? we put a guy in jail for an tient-a's lamb ick film. that leads to the question, is the inspirational moderate leader? who is their gandhi? >> real quick, on the point about women and sex, this woman was a victim of genital mutilization. we've talked about this republican war on women and how democrats make it seem like the biggest issue facing women is not getting access to contraception. i want to know wh

faculty members at brandeis wrote a letter to the president of brandeis asking that the invitation beevoked, they are apparently experts on husband limb. >> this guy, webb, sent out congratulations, an e-mail to the muslim community for the pressure they put on brandeis. clearly, the president won't admit he's under e nor mouse pr -- enormous pressure to revoke it. he said based on her past statements that condemn islam as a religion, i had to do this. and he said some believe we're applying a double standard because the university rewarded other honorary degrees to people that made controversial remarks to israel but that wasn't on my watch he says. >> if it wasn't on his watch, great for him. it would be good to explain that standard before he revoked the invitation. the fact is brandeis gave honorary degrees to guys like tony kusnyer and said that the state israel, tony kusnyer said look, we don't have to agree with everything he said to give him an award. that seems to be a far more reasonable standard than the idea we have to agree with everything you said to give you an award at

so it is -- >> well, brandeis university can know tonight, understood. hello? brandeis university can understand it stands shoulder to shoulder with you and care, sir. i'm sure they will take comfort and the students will take comfort in knowing that. thanks for being here. >> the best students, everybody. >> thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> that will be posted shortly on facebook, as well. joining me are brandeis university students trying to have the degree reinstated for ms. ali. daniel mail is a contributor to truth.org. let me start with you on the issue of care which was instrumental on getting this degree revoked. you heard him say name something i've done, most obvious in the fact of 2007 they were named as an unindicted co-conspiriter in a co-conviction in terror funding. that's one of the many, many things. your thoughts on the role of care and getting ms. ali's offer revoked. >> look, care is an organization that doesn't seem to enjoy hearing competing philosophies and perspectives, and acedemia is to go ahead and recent the invitat

brandeis university ayaan hirsi brandeis university ayaan hirsi ali before larry instantly brandeis university transferred money from his bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business fred frerick lawrence verge brt [ music playing] >> planet of the apes meets the shawshank redemptions. seven chimps staging a breakout at the st. louis zoo pulling down a tree branch to make a ladder. >> we had a ring leader to who got the log, put it on top and beckoned the others and lured 6-12 up with him. >> the zookeepers is using food to herd the fugitives back into c c c c c captive. >> they are very inventive. >> better than crawling down the sewer like andy. >>> collin kaepernick, star quarterback for the nfl 49ers are under investigation by the police in miami for what is called a suspicious incident involving a woman at a hotel. steve has more. what do they think happened? >> the incident took place april 1st in downtown miami. a woman's

brandeis backing down on offering the degree.e is not surprised brandeis caused into the critics but she he stifling her views will not put the issues to rest. >> for the last 12 years i have been condemned by muslim organizations and relatives any time i bring up the treatment of women in islam or the link between violence and violence justified in the name of islam. it's muslims who commit violence against women or others who bring the koran on the table. gregg: monica crowley a talk so host. you know ayaan ali. >> i'm honored to know her. she is brave and fearless and she put her own life on the line to talk about a faith she was raised in. she was raised in a plus-limb family in somalia. she is willing to tall out her faith on the treatment of women. to have bran dice university which is suppose to be a marketplace of ideas where all views are given an airing. to have offered this degree and then taken away from her is a dangerous bit of cowardice. gregg: universities give voice to a lot of opinions during their commencement

. >> new revelations about brandeis university and exactly who pressured the school to yank an award from the woman you just heard. >>> plus. >> i'm trying to help him knuckle down and buckle down for college. >> new e-mails raising ugly questions about a national news network one of the president's closest allies and what was supposed to be an unbias documentary. a big night on "the kelly file" starts right now. >>> breaking tonight, nearly 1/4th of the united states senate rising up concerned over what could be the biggest executive order yet as the white house reportedly plans to by pass congress yet again. welcome to "the kelly file" everyone, i'm megyn kelly. the news broke late last night and not seen much coverage since. the white house may change the rules on deportations all by itself. the president first announced a review of the nation's immigration policies back in march, and just yesterday, 22 republican senators sent a letter to president obama expressing concerns over that review. the letter even accuses the obama administration of displaying quote an astonishing disre

what surprised me is the decision by brandeis first to say we want to give you this honor. we know what you do, and in the age of google, all of that is out of there. it's all public. and to come around and say we really didn't know some of these things, i think it's an excuse. i don't want this to distract us from what i wanted to say during that commencement, which is to tell these students how incredibly privileged they are, especially the female students among them day are growing up in a world of education. it's offensive, it's maybe whatever they call it insulting, sometimes they call itcomme controversial. we send them to school to be confronted with ideas that they are not comfortable with. >> do you feel brandeis is engaging in a double standard because they gave honorary degrees to controversial figures including tony kusnyer and others and they, you know, people have pushed back against them for making some comments that have been perceived as anti jewish and yet, there was no problem. they gave them degrees and not you and amad went and spoke and i don't remembe

students on the campus of brandeis are lashing out. here are some of the students very disappointed in the university's decision. >> care is an organization that doesn't seem to enjoy hear

a few people complained and brandeis. they disinvited the speaker and made fools of themselves.s of themselves. the unitedbe that in states of america the idea of freedom of speech meant that we wanted more people to come to public square to express an opinion. today, like things that we have seen in brandeis, with the idea that -- her seat on the drop box board is being challenged because somebody does not like the fact that she had the same position on the war in iraq that hillary clinton did. pushed outmozilla of his position because he had the same position in 2008 on proposition 8 in california that hillary clinton had, that bill clinton had, that joe biden claimed to have. do we want an america in which instead of having free speech we simply have a few forms of speech that are carefully protected by the radical left, and if you do not agree with them, it is not just that they want to put their voices to be louder. they want to shut yours down. freedom of speech in this country. that for which those men grabbed those muskets off the mantle. meanver -- did not ever that we

students on the campus of brandeis are lashing out.ts very disappointed in the university's decision. >> care is an organization that doesn't seem to

which is a heavily friendship towards israel, i hope to organize a group of students to go from brandeis every year to israel and they actually would take 14 or 15 and i would pay for the expenses and they would go and spend some time in israel and spent time of palestinians to learn both sides of the controversial issue. we've done this at other colleges around the country where i put in a maximum of $25,000 to help the traveling expenses. i think that's had a beneficial effect. i would say if you're interested in doing something about the middle east peace process, get about 12 or 15 of their classmates and maybe a couple professions to go along if you bite and then go to the holy land and learn the people involved what is the problem and how it might be overcome in the west bank and gaza and also within itself. >> mr. president, i'm going to wrap this up. this is obviously an incredibly complicated problem and religion is obviously a major issue here. if you had to name one thing that you out was the worst atrocity were the worst problem in the world, what would it be and what can be

a few people complained and brandeis. they disinvited the speaker and made fools of themselves. of themselves. it used to be that in the united states of america the idea of freedom of speech meant that we wanted more people to come to public square to express an opinion. today, like things that we have seen in brandeis, with the idea that -- her seat on the drop box board is being challenged because somebody does not like the fact that she had the same position on the war in iraq that hillary clinton did. the ceo of mozilla pushed out of his position because he had the same position in 2008 on proposition 8 in california that hillary clinton had, that bill clinton had, that joe biden claimed to have. do we want an america in which instead of having free speech we simply have a few forms of speech that are carefully protected by the radical left, and if you do not agree with them it is not just that they want to put their voices to be louder. they want to shut yours down. freedom of speech in this country. that for which those men grabbed those muskets off the mantle. is never -

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someone like ali is attacked so viciously and look, this issue that happened post recently with brandeisy where they were pressured into revoking the degree is one in many, a long line of attacks against her. they have been trying to delegitize her for as long as i can remember in a condescending way telling a woman that her life experience, she cannot express an opinion about her experience because western liberals who know nothing about her religion decided they don't like her opinion. >> she can do it but cushion the blow. she has to be diplomatic, otherwise she'll get bad coverage. they want her to be much nicer about, you know, muslims. >> right. >> and about islam, the faction of it that she's grown up in, that she was persecuted under without acknowledging what happened to her. >> and what continues to happen to other women throughout the world. she's a women's rights activists. she's somebody fighting for women who are really oppressed and suffering and complaining that they don't -- and honestly, there is no way she can say what she thinks in way to accept it but they would like

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there is a quote from the supreme court justice louis brandeis who said, more or less, the states are laboratories of democracy. they should learn from one another's best practices. it is also true that the federal government can learn. the government has look at states like texas and georgia, ohio, pennsylvania, just this past week, mississippi and kentucky all have passed very significant criminal justice reforms. the federal government is now saying at the states can do this, there is no reason we should not be able to also. done by the this be obama administration or should this go through congress customer ? throught ought to go congress, we are talking about significant reforms. we have been traveling in one direction for 20 years. so much of our law has conformed e approach, this will require changes to law and statutes. it is something that covers has to lead on. reportede l.a. times" that the senate is preparing legislation. what would this do? guest: this legislation would tackle the problems of mandatory minimums. we have, at the federal level in particular, really taken aw

brandeis announced it would not award an honorary degree to ayaan hirsi ali.he was raised in a strict muslim family, but after refusing to marry the man her father chose for her, she left her family. she later wrote the screen play for a film entitled "submission" and she was quoted as saying i think we are at war with islam and there is nothing moderate about islam. that was back in november of 2007. here to explain and react to this, another example of appeasement, juan williams and the co-host of the fiber, good friend andrea. juan, i think this person is a hero. >> i'm with you. i don't get it at all -- >> all right. show is over. [ laughter ] >> look, you know, personally, i've been victimized by people including care, this organization that launched this effort to have them withdraw the honorary degree from her for just saying what's on my mind and anybody who says anything about islam, we're talking about here is radical extremist, the people who will kill you and in her case, mutilate you, cut your genitals, start war, arrange marriages, beat women and

brandeis university was to gave an an -- honor degree to ali. some muslim groups, even some faculty members proceed tested. she was disinvited. phil robertson head of the "duck dynasty" clan temporarily suspended from the hit reality show unless fans applied the heat. same-sex marriage wasn't legal in new mexico. one wonders if i demanded that a muslim painter paint a portrait of mohammed, would the government also demand that they carry that out? you know, america is the land where patriots died so we can take a stand and speak out for our beliefs. north korea, iran, syria, those are the kind of places where people are killed if they do take a stand and speak out. and why do the voices of hate, big to the tri, intolerance, bullying and terrorism step up in their unamerican behavior? i tell you why. because they win. when corporations and colleges raise the white flag of surrender instead of the red, white, and blue flag of freedom, liberty loses and intimidation wins. chick fill lay was bullied in the summer of 2012 for personal comments made b

. >> new revelations about brandeis university and exactly who pressured the school to yank an award i'm trying to help him knuckle down and buckle down for college. >> new e-mails raising ugly questions about a national

not an unreasonable search or seizure, there was a very strong opinion the other way by justice brandeis. if i were on that court, i would have voted the way he did. i would like to know how justice scalia distinguishes that kind of intrusion by the government. from the decision you made in the heat in missions case, the helicopter that was flying over roofs to test the level of heat because if it was of a certain heat, maybe marijuana plants were growing. helicopter never touched the roof, and yet you said that was a violation of the fourth amendment. that was an unreasonable -- >> because the people were not being secure in their houses from unreasonable search. that is protected by the fourth amendment. >> you can wiretap someone in their house? >> if you have to break it to their house to wiretap, yes, but if you listen to conversations in the phone booth, intruding upon the right of privacy -- >> we don't have to worry about that anymore. there are no more phone booth. [laughter] >> you are right about that. >> we've gotten away from the fifth amendment, haven't we? >> let's stick w

a few people complained and brandeis. they disinvited the speaker and made fools of themselves. fools of themselves. the unitedbe that in states of america the idea of freedom of speech meant that we wanted more people to come to public square to express an opinion. today, like things that we have seen in brandeis, with the idea that -- her seat on the drop box board is being challenged because somebody does not like the fact that she had the same position on the war in iraq that hillary clinton did. pushed outmozilla of his position because he had the same position in 2008 on proposition 8 in california that hillary clinton had, that bill clinton had, that joe biden claimed to have. do we want an america in which instead of having free speech we simply have a few forms of speech that are carefully protected by the radical left, and if you do not agree with them, it is not just that they to thei wrr >> i want to go vote, i don't eat a thing. all i got to do is show up, and i can give 'em anybody's name, and that's okay. [applause] but, again, the president reminded us yesterday,

. >> and i would say in response to that brand eyes like a statement -- justice brandeis like statement. he said that that speech is only more speech. and he also said that sunshine is the best disinfectant. and my only response to that is that it is the only counter argument in all of recorded history. if you allow something it like that into the general atmosphere -- if you allow something i call it costs denial into the general atmosphere, then you will have a growing and growing. >> my father studied 12 century russian history very seriously. human history is such an argument for freedom of speech. when you start looking at the blossoming of -- there is a great book about it that talks about liberal science and the rise of an intellectual system in which there is questioning. >> we are going to have a book signing after the show. >> it gets into the idea that if you disagree with someone about fundamental issues, you better chase them off, behead them, set them on fire, ostracize them, get rid of them. next that is good. -- >> sounds good. >> wow. that is human nature. the idea of h

not an unreasonable search or seizure, there was a very strong opinion the other way by justice brandeisif i were on that court, i would have voted the way he did. i would like to know how justice scalia distinguishes that kind of intrusion by the government. from the decision you made in the heat in missions case, the helicopter that was flying over roofs to test the level of heat because if it was of a certain heat, maybe marijuana plants were growing. helicopter never touched the roof, and yet you said that was a violation of the fourth amendment. that was an unreasonable -- >> because the people were not being secure in their houses from unreasonable search. that is protected by the fourth amendment. >> you can wiretap someone in their house? >> if you have to break it to their house to wiretap, yes, but if you listen to conversations in the phone booth, intruding upon the right of privacy -- >> we don't have to worry about that anymore. there are no more phone booth. [laughter] >> you are right about that. >> we've gotten away from the fifth amendment, haven't we? >> let's stick wit

as former supreme court justice louis brandeis observed, sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant. we strive for greater transparency in our government because we know that will help provide a better government, allow our workers to share information without fear that they will be discriminated against or action taken by their employer. our mission as united states senators is to clearly -- is clearly written in just a few short words contained in the preamble of the constitution. our mission is to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. paycheck fairness is essential for us carrying out that mission. i urge my colleagues to support this very important legislation. with that, madam president, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quo

brandeis university is standing by position to withdraw offer -- woman raised muslim herself. on american islamic relations cair push for the move and has cheered the decision. >> every day we are defending the constitution from people like hersy alli who would change the constitution so that muslims wouldn't have civil rights. we want want to challenge hate-filled anti--muslim extremists and we do it quite successfully. >> they are successful in making people be quiet. but is silencing critics of islam part of a growing trend? joining me is the president of the foundation greg lukenoff thanks for joining us this morning. is this part of a trend, speak out against islam, be silenced? >> this time of year is what we call at our organization fire. disinvitation season. faculty and students get together and demand that speakers who have opinions they dislike get disinvited from campus unfortunately it seems to be getting more and more intense every year. >> in this case it's a little weird since she alley stands for things that you think would be in favor of. the emancipation of

he served as president of brandeis.or the last seven years of his life, as professor of politics and philosophy here, on our campus at georgetown. it is a privilege to host this symposium in his honor. in past years, we have hosted others as part of this symposium. tonight, we have the privilege of welcoming justice sonia .otomayor a smile o she has served our decade -- our country for decades. tointroduce her, i wish introduce chief judge robert katzman. appointedclinton judge katzman to the federal bench in 1999. he began his service as a judge on september 1, 2013. like his mentor, he is a valued member of our community. he currently is the president of the board of visitors of our law center. he currently chairs the u.s. judicial conference committee. the fellowllow of studies program at the brookings institution and served as the institute and taught classes at the university 2001,gon and ucla area in he received the charles e merriam award. he was named the fellow of the american academy. we are honored to welcome

not an unreasonable search or seizure, there was a very strong opinion the other way by justice brandeis. if i were on that court, i would have voted the way he did. i would like to know how justice scalia distinguishes that kind of intrusion by the government. from the decision you made in the heat in missions case, the helicopter that was flying over roofs to test the level of heat because if it was of a certain heat, maybe marijuana plants were growing. helicopter never touched the roof, and yet you said that was a violation of the fourth amendment. that was an unreasonable -- >> because the people were not being secure in their houses from unreasonable search. that is protected by the fourth amendment. >> you can wiretap someone in their house? >> if you have to break it to their house to wiretap, yes, but if you listen to conversations in the phone booth, intruding upon the right of privacy -- >> we don't have to worry about that anymore. there are no more phone booth. [laughter] >> you are right about that. >> we've gotten away from the fifth amendment, haven't we? >> let's stick w

and that when, as justice brandeis held in smith, the interpretation of a rule including rule 19 adverselyaffects persons outside the senate, the question is jus additional, it's not a political question. it is a question of law, therefore, not a political question -- >> the senate does effect people outside the senate with votes. >> that is correct. and that is precisely what happened here. the exercise of rule 22 affected the house members. it nullified their votes. and the fact the vote was not nullified in the house, nullified in the senate, it was nullification nevertheless, just as the vote of senator kennedy was nullified by the president's untimely pocket veto was nullified. just as the nebraska house members' votes were nullified. not -- they were towpted in the senate. they were -- touted in the senate. they were nullified when the lieutenant governor cast a deciding vote that had the effect of nullifying them. and the supreme court has said clearly in rains, ruling in rains stands for the proposition that when a legislator's vote that would have been sufficient to pass or defeat

. >> and i would say in response to that brand eyes like a brandeis -- justice like statement. that that speech is only more speech. and he also said that sunshine is the best disinfectant. and my only response to that is that it is the only counter argument in all of recorded history. something it like that into the general atmosphere -- if you allow something i call it costs denial into the general atmosphere, then you will have a growing and growing. >> my father studied 12 century russian history very seriously. is such anry argument for freedom of speech. when you start looking at the blossoming of -- there is a great book about it that talks about liberal science and the rise of an intellectual system in which there is questioning. >> we are going to have a book signing after the show. >> it gets into the idea that if you disagree with someone about fundamental issues, you better chase them off, behead them, set them on fire, ostracize them, get rid of them. next that is good. -- >> sounds good. >> wow. that is human nature. the idea of hearing out people that you disagre

he served as president of brandeis. it is a privilege for us to host this symposium in his honor and to provide a forum for ongoing discussion with scholars, policymakers, and students on the challenges and opportunities confronting our institutions. we have been honored to welcome vice president al gore, the late others to our campus as part of this symposium and we are grateful for the many insights they have shared with us. tonight, we have the privilege of welcoming justice sonia sotomayor or and hearing her to on a life in the law. for over three decades, she has served our country through her work as a prosecutor, litigator, and judge. to introduce her, i wish to introduce chief judge robert katzman of the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit. president clinton appointed him to the federal bench in 1999. he began his service as chief judge on september 1, 2013. valued member of our community, having taught on campus and a professor of law and public policy. he is a member of the board of visitors at our la

. >> and i would say in response to that statement, that is the best -- brandeis made two powerful statementshe said the remedy for bad speech is more speech. i'm only paraphrasing. he also said sunshine is the best disinfectant. my response is the only counterargument is all of recorded history, and that, for example furk allow something like holocaust denial into the general atmosphere on the basis of strong first amendment principles, what you will have is not holocaust denial withering, but growing, growing, and growing. >> it's so funny, because my whole argument, partially because i grew up with a father who took history very, very seriously, is that human history is such an argument for freedom of speech. when you look at the blossoming of -- there was a great book about it, which talks about liberal science, sort of the rise of an intellectual system in which it's questioning -- >> just buy it after the show. >> that gets away from the time-honored historically relevant theory that if you disagree with someone about fundamental issues, you better chase them off, behead them, set them

there is a quote from the supreme court justice louis brandeis who said, more or less, the states areratories of democracy. they should learn from one another's best practices. it is also true that the federal government can learn. the government has look at states like texas and georgia, ohio, pennsylvania, just this past week, mississippi and kentucky all have passed very significant criminal justice reforms. the federal government is now saying at the states can do this, there is no reason we should not be able to also. done by the this be obama administration or should this go through congress customer ? throught ought to go congress, we are talking about significant reforms. we have been traveling in one direction for 20 years. so much of our law has conformed e approach, this will require changes to law and statutes. it is something that covers has to lead on. reportede l.a. times" that the senate is preparing legislation. what would this do? guest: this legislation would tackle the problems of mandatory minimums. we have, at the federal level in particular, really taken away ju

and so long run than that uganda have people for coal is resources while they want to support the brandeis so it's economy and its military you're right i'm glad you brought up those minerals because that's a really big thing right now that no one's talking about we have about a minute left but i i just wanted to see what you think viewers can do to raise awareness about this if you how we can cut kind of this support for such brutal regimes in africa and really stop paying with our tax dollars to sponsor it exactly the law public law one of four five six the cost for that so people must contact the government and ask them what is their relationship we have an oppressive regime in iran that putting pressure on them and uganda will happen peace the second one is we've seen run that they need to be in dialogue right the political decision that needs to be able to speak they don't have to be killed as they are being killed right now and out the experience money's funding that sum up putting pressure on our government to allow political space in iran that would also help and lastly in the case